The song "Fortnight" by Taylor Swift and Post Malone tells a story about strong feelings, complicated relationships, and secret wishes. It talks about love, betrayal, and wanting someone who doesn't feel the same. The word "fortnight" shows short-lived happiness and guilty pleasures, leading to sadness. It shows how messy relationships can be and the results of hiding emotions. “I was supposed to be sent away / But they forgot to come and get me,” she kickstarts the song in the first verse with lines suggesting an admission to a hospital for people with mental illnesses. She goes in the verse admitting her lover is the reason why she is like this. In the chorus, she sings about their time in love and reflects on how he has now settled with someone else. “I took the miracle move-on drug, the effects were temporary / And I love you, it’s ruining my life,” on the second verse she details her struggles to forget about him and the negative effects of her failure. “Thought of callin’ ya, but you won’t pick up / ‘Nother fortnight lost in America,” Post Malone sings in the outro.
[Chorus: Fetty Wap]
Way past twelve we been kickin' it late yeah
Love the way you do it girl I think I might stay yeah
Girl you know I gotta be who you talking 'bout stay here
Give it to you good, girl you know I don't play fair (Yeah baby, aye)
Way past twelve we been kickin' it late yeah (Past twelve we been kickin' it late)
Love the way you do it girl I think I might stay yeah (The way you do it girl I think I might stay)
Girl you know I gotta be who you talking 'bout stay here (Know I gotta be who you talking 'bout stay)
Give it to you good, girl you know I don't play fair
[Verse 1: Fetty Wap]
I think I'ma stay here, you know I don't play fair, I'ma make you say "yeah baby" (Ya, uh)
Get it different ways yeah, all up in your face, make me keys to your place, yeah baby (Ya, hm)
Now I'm all up in your space, we been [?], even made another plate, yeah baby (Ya)
Love the way you say it, I got nun but ache, when I'm gripping on your waist baby, yeah baby
I walk around rubber bandit, yeah, big jeep car when we landing, yeah
California back [?], yeah, I got in the club with my hammer, yeah (Yeah baby, big Zoovie, haha)
[Chorus: Fetty Wap]
Way past twelve we been kickin' it late yeah
Love the way you do it girl I think I might stay yeah
Girl you know I gotta be who you talking 'bout stay here
Give it to you good, girl you know I don't play fair (Yeah baby, aye)
Way past twelve we been kickin' it late yeah (Past twelve we been kickin' it late)
Love the way you do it girl I think I might stay yeah (The way you do it girl I think I might stay)
Girl you know I gotta be who you talking 'bout stay here (Know I gotta be who you talking 'bout stay)
Give it to you good, girl you know I don't play fair
[Verse 2: Monty]
Aye, Slim waist, hella cake, I be gripping on your waist, let me put it on your face yeah
I'mma show you how it taste, when I pull up to your place, beat it like I caught a case yeah
I got racks in the safe, you know I'mma let it spray, how you livin' livin' great yeah
I might pull up in a Wraight, I got thirty on my waist, case a nigga wanna clay yeah
I might throw a couple bands on a freak, I might pull a skrt, skrt, red seats
I ain't rock Burberry in a week, got thots and I'm swarming in a V
Bitch I'm high I'm smoking on weed, spent twelve hundred on some LV
Ain't shit nigga you can tell me, way past twelve and she wanna text me (Yeah)
[Chorus: Fetty Wap]
Way past twelve we been kickin' it late yeah
Love the way you do it girl I think I might stay yeah
Girl you know I gotta be who you talking 'bout stay here (Yeah)
Give it to you good, girl you know I don't play fair (Yeah baby, aye)
Way past twelve we been kickin' it late yeah (Past twelve we been kickin' it late)
Love the way you do it girl I think I might stay yeah (The way you do it girl I think I might stay)
Girl you know I gotta be who you talking 'bout stay here (Know I gotta be who you talking 'bout stay)
Give it to you good, girl you know I don't play fair
Way past twelve we been kickin' it late yeah
Love the way you do it girl I think I might stay yeah
Girl you know I gotta be who you talking 'bout stay here
Give it to you good, girl you know I don't play fair (Yeah baby, aye)
Way past twelve we been kickin' it late yeah (Past twelve we been kickin' it late)
Love the way you do it girl I think I might stay yeah (The way you do it girl I think I might stay)
Girl you know I gotta be who you talking 'bout stay here (Know I gotta be who you talking 'bout stay)
Give it to you good, girl you know I don't play fair
[Verse 1: Fetty Wap]
I think I'ma stay here, you know I don't play fair, I'ma make you say "yeah baby" (Ya, uh)
Get it different ways yeah, all up in your face, make me keys to your place, yeah baby (Ya, hm)
Now I'm all up in your space, we been [?], even made another plate, yeah baby (Ya)
Love the way you say it, I got nun but ache, when I'm gripping on your waist baby, yeah baby
I walk around rubber bandit, yeah, big jeep car when we landing, yeah
California back [?], yeah, I got in the club with my hammer, yeah (Yeah baby, big Zoovie, haha)
[Chorus: Fetty Wap]
Way past twelve we been kickin' it late yeah
Love the way you do it girl I think I might stay yeah
Girl you know I gotta be who you talking 'bout stay here
Give it to you good, girl you know I don't play fair (Yeah baby, aye)
Way past twelve we been kickin' it late yeah (Past twelve we been kickin' it late)
Love the way you do it girl I think I might stay yeah (The way you do it girl I think I might stay)
Girl you know I gotta be who you talking 'bout stay here (Know I gotta be who you talking 'bout stay)
Give it to you good, girl you know I don't play fair
[Verse 2: Monty]
Aye, Slim waist, hella cake, I be gripping on your waist, let me put it on your face yeah
I'mma show you how it taste, when I pull up to your place, beat it like I caught a case yeah
I got racks in the safe, you know I'mma let it spray, how you livin' livin' great yeah
I might pull up in a Wraight, I got thirty on my waist, case a nigga wanna clay yeah
I might throw a couple bands on a freak, I might pull a skrt, skrt, red seats
I ain't rock Burberry in a week, got thots and I'm swarming in a V
Bitch I'm high I'm smoking on weed, spent twelve hundred on some LV
Ain't shit nigga you can tell me, way past twelve and she wanna text me (Yeah)
[Chorus: Fetty Wap]
Way past twelve we been kickin' it late yeah
Love the way you do it girl I think I might stay yeah
Girl you know I gotta be who you talking 'bout stay here (Yeah)
Give it to you good, girl you know I don't play fair (Yeah baby, aye)
Way past twelve we been kickin' it late yeah (Past twelve we been kickin' it late)
Love the way you do it girl I think I might stay yeah (The way you do it girl I think I might stay)
Girl you know I gotta be who you talking 'bout stay here (Know I gotta be who you talking 'bout stay)
Give it to you good, girl you know I don't play fair
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
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